After a decade of President Carlos Menem's brash ostentation, Mr de la Rua's greyness appeals.

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If Mr de la Rua's resolute greyness eases him to the presidency, would it also help him govern?

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"There is a perception" David Stevens of Admiral Insurance told the committee "that Wales is further away than it is" and that it's "grumpier than it is ... still stuck in a time of greyness and soot".

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Greyness can be good statecraft.

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